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Necedah
National Wildlife Refuge

 

Contacting the Refuge:

Refuge Manager: Larry Wargowsky
e-mail: necedah@fws.gov or MidwestNews@fws.gov

W7996 20th Street West
Necedah, WI 54646
Phone: 608-565-2551
Fax: 608-565-3160
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)

The Refuge is located 4 miles west of Necedah, WI, on Hwy 21.

Please visit our completed
Comprehensive Conservation Plan
for Necedah National Wildlife Refuge.

View Refuge profile page

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Refuge Map

Refuge Public Use Regulations (195k pdf format)

Refuge Bird List brochure (850k pdf format)

Wildlife Viewing Hot Spots brochure (1.1 MB pdf format)

Refuge Newsletter downloads

Waterfowl and Crane Production Graphs

Waterfowl and Crane Trends

Results of Weekly (Fall) Waterfowl and Crane Counts

Calendar of Events

Wisconsin Jr. Duck Contest

Natural History

• Refuge is located in the Great Central Wisconsin Swamp, the largest wetland bog in the state (7,800 square miles)

• Extensive forest habitat (pine, oak, aspen) and large tracts of rare oak barrens habitat

• Traditional habitat for waterfowl and sandhill cranes

• Impoundments provide acres of open wetland habitat

• Provides habitat for threatened, endangered and rare species such as the Karner blue butterfly, massasauga rattlesnake, Blanding’s turtle and gray wolf

• Beaver, coyote, turkey, gray wolves and white-tailed deer are common resident wildlife species

Refuge Objectives

• Provide breeding and migration habitat for birds

• Protect and restore whooping cranes and the Karner blue butterfly

• Provide for biodiversity

• Provide public opportunities for outdoor recreation and environmental education

• Restore rare oak savanna habitat

Management Tools

• Water level management

• Prescribed burning

• Timber harvest

• Outreach and environmental education

• Restoration of whooping cranes in the eastern United States

Refuge Facts

• Established: 1939

• Acres: 43,696

• Host site for whooping crane reintroduction

Financial Impact of Refuge

• 10 person staff

• 150,000 visitors annually

• FY 2006 Budget: $2.1 million

• Timber sales from forest management

Public Use Opportunities

• Interpretation

• Hunting and fishing

• Environmental education

• Wildlife observation and photography

• Hiking

• Wildlife hotspot route

• Berry picking

 

Last updated: July 25, 2008

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